Brian Tankersley is a technology contributor for CPA Practice Advisor, and is a frequent speaker at national continuing education courses on auditing and technology, as well as a consultant, coach and instructor for K2 Enterprises.
April 21, 2014
Practice CS is designed to be the hub managing to work in an accounting firm running the Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite. When combined with the optional modules for managing projects, clients, and employees, Practice CS provides a comprehensive toolset which meets the needs of many small and midsize firms.
March 13, 2014
A new class of “digital plumbing” applications are helping many firms and small businesses solve another seemingly “impossible” task – automated synchronization and universal exchange of data between applications written by different software publishers.
February 10, 2014
Accounting Power is the new name for the collaborative bookkeeping and client write-up solution which is part of the Accountants World Power Practice suite of applications.
February 10, 2014
Xero Accounting, along with the Xero Partner Platform multi-client interface for accountants, is a cloud-based platform for those working with multiple clients. The product is best used by service-based organizations, is easy to use, and provides a platform for automating the classification of transactions.
February 10, 2014
Intuit’s QuickBooks Online (QBO), along with the QuickBooks Online for Accountants (QBO4A) multi-client tool for accountants using the application, provide a capable cloud-based platform for managing small business finances for multiple organizations.
February 10, 2014
The transition away from traditional, after-the-fact client write-up systems and to collaborative, real-time financial reporting systems has taken many years, but we are starting to see the outline of the systems of the future. Cloud-based software will be used to help practitioners and clients work together on a business, and will yield results which are…
February 7, 2014
The current write-up application for the Thomson Reuters CS Suite of applications for professional accounting firms is a relatively new product called Accounting CS.
January 29, 2014
Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.
October 30, 2013
2013 Review of Time and Billing Programs
July 30, 2013
Cloud server based hosting of applications which have historically run on desktop or laptop Windows computers is a hot trend with accounting professionals.
July 29, 2013
Best Firm Fit: Professional tax & accounting firms who wish to outsource their IT infrastructure and desktop hosting functions to a specialized national provider which serves tax and accounting professionals exclusively. Strengths: Xcentric has experience hosting and supporting all of the major CPA firm application suites used by mid-sized CPA firms, including Thomson Reuters, Intuit,...…
July 29, 2013
Best Firm Fit: Organizations who need to host a small number of non-standard applications in a high availability environment for access in multiple locations. Also, small to mid-sized firms (1-50 users) and small businesses who wish to host all of their applications on a cloud server. The company considers itself a “boutique” hosting firm that...…
